1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of 2 months from the day on which it is made.
(3) Article 5 shall come into operation on such day as the Head of the Department may by order appoint.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“the principal Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(2);
(3) Expressions used in this Order and in the principal Act have the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.